Giraffe brings together four adventurous musicians from across the worlds of psychedelic rock, jazz, improvisation, and experimental music: Dave Harrington (Darkside), Robert Walter (The Greyboy Allstars), Spencer Zahn, and Kosta Galanopoulos (Rio Kosta). What began as a one-off improvisational performance quickly evolved into a band built on instinct, trust, and the thrill of collective discovery.
The group originated with a fully improvised set at Gold-Diggers in Los Angeles. With no established material or predetermined direction, the four musicians followed a shared impulse toward exploration. A second performance confirmed that their chemistry was real, leading the quartet into 64 Sound, where they recorded their debut album, The Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums, in a single day. The album is out now, co-released by Org Music and Aquarium Drunkard.
The Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums captures four accomplished players listening, reacting, and creating in real time. Rather than constructing songs piece by piece, Giraffe embraces spontaneity, allowing ideas to emerge naturally through interaction. The music moves fluidly between cosmic psychedelia, groove-driven improvisation, ambient textures, and jazz-informed interplay, maintaining a striking sense of cohesion for a project born entirely in the moment.